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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man has died in a shootout with officers following a highway chase early Monday, police said.

The incident began late Sunday night when a 911 caller in Shawnee County reported a domestic threat involving the man, Topeka police said in a news release. Responding sheriff's deputies later stopped a car with the suspect inside. The deputies tried to negotiate with the man, later identified as 49-year-old Joseph Howell, before he displayed a gun and fired at least two shots, then fled in the car, according to police.

Deputies managed to force Howell's car off the road following a brief chase, and gunfire was exchanged around 12:30 a.m. Monday, police said. Howell was later pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured, police said.

The Topeka Police Department will conduct an independent investigation into the shooting, it said. Once completed, the findings will be turned over to the Shawnee County District Attorney for review.